NFL fans lambaste the NFL for fining Patrick Mahomes’ for ‘violent gesture’
The NFL reportedly was not happy with quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the Chiefs’ 30-21 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Nov. 17.
Mahomes reportedly was fined $14,069 by the league for unsportsmanlike conduct, according to a pair of NFL reporters. The offense? Mahomes celebrated a fourth-quarter touchdown pass with a hand gesture the NFL apparently thought resembled him holding a gun.
League commissioner Roger Goodell was asked at last month’s league meetings about the NFL fining players for gun celebrations.
“It’s a long-standing policy and we are going to enforce that,” Goodell said, per NFL.com. “Troy had a direct conversation with the union I think just last week about it. We’re going to continue on that focus. We don’t think it’s appropriate in those circumstances and sends the wrong messages. So, we’ll continue to do that.”
NFL fans, however, thought the league was in the wrong for fining Mahomes. Here is a bit of what they were saying about the punishment.
